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Krimibhojana
A named Naraka in Bhagavata 5.26; its imagery expresses consequences within that account.
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Realms & Cosmic Worlds.
Enter divine abodes, celestial spheres, subterranean worlds and cosmic landscapes.
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Kshira Sagara
The Ocean of Milk is a cosmic setting of Vishnu’s repose and the churning for nectar in Puranic narrative.
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Kumbhipaka
A named Naraka in the Puranic moral account; its distressing imagery is described textually rather than illustrated here.
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Kusha Dvipa
A dvipa named for kusha grass in the concentric Puranic cosmographic scheme.
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Lokaloka Mountain
The boundary mountain divides illuminated and unilluminated regions in a Puranic cosmic-geography model.
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Maharaurava
A named Naraka distinguished from Raurava in the Bhagavata account.
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Maharloka
A higher realm associated with great sages in the seven-upper-loka arrangement.
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Mahatala
A subterranean realm inhabited by many-hooded serpent lineages in Bhagavata 5.24.
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Manidvipa
The jewel-island abode of the supreme Goddess in the Devi Bhagavata and Shakta cosmological traditions.
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Mount Meru
The central cosmic mountain of Puranic cosmography; it is not identified here with a modern geographical peak.
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Nagaloka
The Naga world overlaps Patala in Bhagavata 5.24; other narrative traditions use it more broadly.
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Naraka
A collective designation for judgement and punitive environments in Hindu texts; enumerations differ.
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Patala
A jewel-lit Naga world with rich dwellings in Puranic accounts. It is not synonymous with Naraka or a place of punishment.
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Pitrloka
The ancestral world belongs to teachings on lineage, rites and paths after death; its position varies by text.
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Plaksha Dvipa
A dvipa beyond Jambudvipa in the seven-dvipa scheme, named for its sacred plaksha tree.
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Pushkara Dvipa
The outer named dvipa in the seven-dvipa model; it is distinct from earthly Pushkar.
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Rasatala
A subterranean realm associated with Daityas and Danavas in the Bhagavata’s lower-world description.
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Raurava
A named Naraka in Bhagavata 5.26, connected with the consequences of harming other beings.
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